How to enable the ruler in Photoshop on the toolbar

Almost with each new version of the toolbar "Photoshop", the evolution of which can be traced in the figure below, was replenished with new buttons or subjected to minor transformations for ease of use.

Each tool, if you just point it at the cursor, kindly "show up", hinting, though if you have the "Interface" tab in the "Settings" dialog (in the "Edit" menu, at the bottom) there is a check mark that allows "Show hints ".

Where lie the rulers

The beginner to comprehend the wisdom of the ingenious editor, the user probably already knows about the role of each instrument, but it also happens that when it becomes necessary, for example, in the elementary alignment of the object on the canvas, we do not know how to include the ruler in "Photoshop", we feel the cursor in vain Toolbar in the hope of "hearing" a hint.

The "Photoshop" editor would not be "Photoshop", if he could not offer any team to execute in different ways. This also applies to the "Rulers" command in the "View" menu, selecting which, we "apply" the rulers in the working area from the top and left. If you are too lazy to drag your mouse to the menu, you can press Ctrl + R to call the lines. The same combination they hide.

Having figured out how to include the ruler in Photoshop, another user is faced with another problem, not knowing how to change the scale of division.

Units and guides

By default we will be offered "centimeter" rulers, but by right-clicking on any ruler and in any place, you can choose pixels, millimeters, inches, points, peaks (at the peak of 12 points) or percentages.

From both rulers, as from the juggler's sleeve, you can drag the guide lines in an unlimited number of guides, which can be called up by the command "New Guide ..." in the "View" menu. But if the rulers are not included, the guides will be fixed. Guides do not tolerate keyboard shortcuts Ctrl + H and instantly disappear.

Measuring ruler with protractor

On the toolbar, under the "Eyedropper" button, the "namesake" of the coordinate rulers hiding the work area is hidden. The "Ruler" tool in "Photoshop" is used to determine the coordinates of the starting point of the measured segment, measure the width and height of the object, the length of the line and calculate the slope angle.

Clicking at the desired point, from it, without releasing the key, pull out, like a tape measure, measuring the line, keeping track of its parameters in the settings panel at the top. When you click again, a new line is stretched, and the old one disappears. Line (ruler) can be dragged and twisted, taking a mouse as crosses on both ends, and for the line itself.

In the settings panel at the top, X and Y are the coordinates of the starting point, W and B are the width (horizontal distance) and height relative to the starting point, Y is the angle with respect to the center line, and L1 is the length of the segment between two points.

If, by pressing Alt, bring the cursor to the cross of the starting point, it will take the shape of the protractor, indicating that you can draw the line at an angle to the stretched ruler, and this angle will be defined (L2) in the settings panel.

The cursor above the "Measurement scale" button does not give each clear tooltip "Calculate tool data" Ruler "on the measurement scale". By ticking this function, we confirm the use of the unit of measurement of the rulers selected in the settings (Edit> Settings> Units and rulers).

You can also select units of measurement in the panel options on the Info panel by clicking on the small triangle in the upper right corner.

As already noted, all the tools in "Photoshop" can be opened in two or even three ways. In this sense, and our "roulette" is not deprived of attention, because you can turn on the ruler in Photoshop by pressing and holding Shift + I until the icon icon appears on the "Eyedropper" tool button. In the same way, the ruler also hides, having fixed on the button with the icon of the following "Comment" tool, or it will be removed from the right in the settings panel with the "Delete" button.

How to align the ruler

The ruler can also be used to straighten the image. To do this, you need to stretch the ruler in the picture, indicating the straightening horizon for it, and click the "Align Layer" button with the prompt "Align the active layer to create a ruler level". In this case, you will sacrifice parts of the image that have gone beyond the bounds of the document ("Photoshop" will cut them), but if you "Align the layer" with the Alt key pressed, everything will remain in place, as you will see by increasing the canvas (Image> Canvas size) , Or, after enabling "Move", drag the hidden parts into the field of view.

In CS6, everything is still

As the "Photoshop" was modernized, new features and capabilities were gradually enriched, but such a sharp, qualitative jump as during the transition from CS5 to CS6 (27 points of change) was not present throughout the history of the program. However, the answer to the question about how to include the ruler in "Photoshop CS6" remained unchanged. The same tick in the line "Rulers" in the "View" menu, the same combination Ctrl + R, and in the same way you can click on the square on the upper left (where the rulers converge) and dragging down to select a new reference point in the image. Where we release the mouse button, in that place there will be zeros of both rulers, and you can return them "home" by double-clicking on the same square in the left-hand corner from the top.

And in conclusion - about one rare, but still happening misunderstanding. Another user, starting the editor, starts to "lay out the tools", trying to get the rulers, but none will be done, as you can include the ruler in "Photoshop", like all other tools, only after opening or creating a document.